IIS Default Document does not exist

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I've created a new application under my Default Web Site with the IIS manager in order to set up Bugzilla, and according to the instructions here: https://bugzilla.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing/iis.html#iis I supposed to add something to the Default Document, which isn't exist at all.

I'm running on Windows 7 Ultimate and using IIS 7.5, and according to the official site - http://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/defaultdocument - this version of IIS includes the Default Document. Also the guide is based on exactly my version of Windows. I'm running the IIS manager as administrator.

I'm sorry but I'm really a newbie with IIS and never used it more then mocking an environment for testing, and I can't find any similar problem to the one I face in stackoverflow or in google. Any Youtube or Google guide I watched had this Defualt Document in the home pane.

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Ensure that all of the options under "Add Features to Windows" > IIS are selected. Do not accept the defaults. Also please post a screenshot of the Features window. - Dai
Thank you @Dai, I checked my features and the Default Document was unchecked! I never installed it, it just came that way with Windows. Many thanks again! - Maboo
Note: Even with the "Default Document" feature checked, I have found that the "default.aspx" document might still be missing. This is possible if the IIS install had a previous history such as being used to host PHP sites. - AnthonyVO

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(Reposting my comment as an Answer)

Ensure that all of the options under "Add Features to Windows" > IIS are selected. Do not accept the defaults as most options are not selected by default.

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